How Does O. Henry Create Suspense In The Gift Of The Magi

Without the ability to connect with the audience, Henry’s oration would’ve lacked the substancial influence it had. Throughout

The Aristotelian appeal of pathos is one that Henry also successfully utilizes throughout his speech. This appeal makes the audience feel emotions about the piece which aids in persuasion. Henry voices in his speech, “We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.” Pathos is displayed in this quote

One feature that created suspense in the story was time. In the “Tell-Tale Heart”, time often seemed to speed up or slow down. One example of time movely slowly in the passage is: “I moved slowly-- very, very slowly, so I might not disturb the old man’s sleep”. You almost sense the deliberate movements of narrator. In contrast, the phrase: “The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence”, shows that time is advancing quickly; you could almost see the moon vanishing and the narrator’s quick movements. These “time warps” adds suspense, anticipation, and a growing sense of horror to the story and encourages the reader to continue reading.

Henry’s reference to Ezekiel 12:2 (“having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not”) was a way to draw attention to injustices that he saw among the American people. Because most

The story was written by O’Henry in 1906. The story was centered around a seemingly poor couple who did not have enough money to buy each other the gifts that their significant other deserved. The story took place during Christmas. The Gift of the Magi is like a classic wisdom story in the bible. O’Henrys choice of title depicts symbolism between the three magi that brought gold, frankincense, and mur, to the baby Jesus and the gifts that Jim and Della had given to each other which mainly consisted of selfless love, Della’s hair and Jims pocket watch. This itself ties into the theme of his story. These gifts all entail the act

Edgar Allan Poe uses irony to create suspense in "The Cask of Amontillado," to create a dark, dangerous short story. The protagonist, Montresor, plans to seek revenge on Fortunato, who insulted him, by killing him. Poe uses dramatic irony in the first paragraph by writing that Montresor is planning to kill Fortunato and get away with murdering him. The example of dramatic irony creates suspense, due to only the reader and Montresor knowing that Montresor is premeditating Fortunado's murder. Verbal irony is utilized to create suspense when Poe writes of Montresor and Fortunado making toasts, and Montresor saying, "And I to your long life" to Fortunado (Poe 347). Completely aware that he is going to murder Fortunado, yet Montresor toasts to Fortunado's

Have you ever read “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe? It is a short story about a man whose mental state deteriorates over time. The narrator loves the old man, however he has a deep hatred toward the old man’s vulture-like eye. This essay will be explaining the ways Poe keeps his readers in suspense. Edgar Allan Poe uses time, repetition, and descriptive language to set the pace, tone, and mood.

By using descriptive words and phrases to help us imagine the characters and setting the readers are drawn further into the suspense. Beginning with the descriptions of the carnival, usually a joyous time, it is not so joyous but mostly dark with the vision of “[dusk] one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe tell of a man going to great extents to get revenge. Montresor holds a grudge against Fortunato because he has insulted him several times causing pain inside him to form and builds up day by day. Fortunato has a talent of tasting wine but needs to find a way not to express his feelings that much. Throughout the story, Edgar Allan Poe creates events in which he builds suspense. The author keeps his readers on their feel by having a surprise at every corner. Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates in “The Cask of Amontillado” how he uses the conflict to show the build of suspense, change of mood of the reader, develop the theme, reflect a change in the character/characters.

With the style of tone set from the outset of the story, an accessible door to the extent of clarity the passage will later use is opened. With many historical documents and/or journals from times ago, an arduous task it is for many young students to comprehend. However, with this particular journal entry, Grantham creates fairly easy writing.

In this excerpt from “The Lightning Thief” the author uses Percy’s point of view to achieve suspense his purpose of creating suspense.

Not long after Henry escapes from the confinement of urban chaos, he falls prey to another—Mary’s parent’s house. The house is a carousel of disease, absurdity, and darkness. Just as Henry steps into this circus of oddities he immediately falls into a trap. Mary’s father is a madman with a paralyzed left arm; Mary and her mother both have fits and the grandmother is virtually a living vegetable but does further poison herself and anyone within her radius enjoy smoking. Lynch delicately designs the dinner sequence image composition and builds a strong sense of unity which in turn vividly illustrates the conspiracy of Mary’s family. The tiny chicken that hemorrhages and twitches bizarrely and endlessly is at the tense center to closed frame.

Regarding Henry is a movie in which the main character, Henry, is defending a hospital from being sued. Henry is a lawyer, who cares mostly about money and himself. When he attempts to apologize to his daughter, he needs his wife to tell him to do so and then he makes the apology sound like it is her fault. He doesn’t in any way make the attempt to say sorry but rather tells his daughter to not do it again. Then, after he had “apologized” to his daughter, he goes down to a side store and asks for a pack of cigarettes in the middle of a robbery. When the robber tells him to put his hands up and give him his money, not only does he refuse but he keeps asking for the cigarettes!

There have recently been kidnappings around the world, but this one has a slight twist that some people do not see quite often. In this story the author reaches out to the audience about a serious matter but in a way that entertains the reader while still learning from it. “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry is about these two kidnappers, Bill and Sam, who pick out their victim but what they do not know is that there in for a big surprise. The author uses humorous characters and situations to bring out laughter from the audience and shows how with every bad decision someone does they will always pay for them sooner or later. There are numerous ways an author can create humor from series of events.

Regardless of the ideological differences, both types of literary responses adopted Richardson’s epistolary style, but Henry Fielding’s later response Joseph Andrews employs an omniscient narrator. In contrast to the limited voice of the letter writer, the omniscient point of view allows the reader to hear many voices. Joseph Andrews’ myriad characters expose their true intentions, for with each changing situation, their chosen words benefit themselves. For example, when the beaten and robbed Joseph is brought to Mr. Tow-wouse’s inn, Mrs. Tow-wouse does not wish to give the “vagabond” charity; the surgeon declares there is no hope of Joseph’s living; and the clergyman Barnabas rationalizes he can’t save him. However once Betty reveals the thief stole a gold piece from Joseph, all three characters declare Christian and lawful morals in providing the now “gentleman” with a warm bed and legal representation. Their change reveals that Mrs. Tow-wouse’s true desire is to associate with the higher society, and Barnabus and the surgeon only want to portray their self-purported skills in court (Fielding 29-39). The omniscient narrator lets the readers in on the characters’ secret: their pretense hides their vanity.